Evil-doer
Occupation
Torturer
Darkseid's majordomo
Powers/Skills
Torture methodology
Advanced technology
Hobby
Torturing his victims.
Inventing new devices for Darkseid.
Goals
Help Darkseid find the Anti-Life Equation
Killed and Overthrow Darkseid and rule Apokolips and the multiverse for himself
Crimes
Torture
Aiding and abetting
Type of Villain
Sadistic Sorcerer
Desaad is a slick torturer working for Darkseid and a villain in the Superman series.
In The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians and in Justice League , he was voiced by the late René Auberjonois .
Biography Desaad was once an innocent New God from New Genesis until he was corrupted by Darkseid. Darkseid lied to Desaad that the boy's bird was killed by his cat. Angered, Desaad was tricked into killing the cat to avenge his pet bird. After avenging his bird, Desaad went to Apokolips to become Darkseid's sadistic torturer and majordomo. He helped Darkseid kill Drax and take control of Apokolips. Later, Desaad worked with Bruno Mannheim and the Intergang to meet Darkseid's crimes on Earth.
The most sadistic and cruel member of Darkseid’s Elite has to be Desaad. The official tormentor and torturer of Darkseid’s Elite, DeSaad is a natural coward who revels in the pain and torment of others. Serving Darkseid out of fear, DeSaad never going against his master unless someone else does, so he can have some sense of deniability.
DeSaad has been known to train the New Gods of Apokolips. He nearly lost his life to the Source Wall and serves Darkseid in many of his plots, including the Final Crisis, where he possessed Mary Marvel. DeSaad is immortal, super strong, telepathic, and a master creator of weapons and torture devices.
Other Media Superman: The Animated Series Kalibak offered to kill Superman himself but Darkseid refused. Seeing this, Desaad manipulated Kalibak into going to Earth to kill Superman, claiming if he succeeded, Darkseid would accept Kalibak as his son. Kalibak agreed and went to Earth to fight the Man of Steel. Darkseid later learned that Kalibak left for Earth and punished him for his failure.
Smallville Desaad appeared in the Tenth and final season of Smallville as a loyal servant of Darkseid, owning a series of clubs that held fetish parties. Dessad is mysterious and extremely deceptive and secretive, and urges or encourages people to indulge partying and drinking while at his night-club.
After Granny Goodness ' orphanage was shut down, Desaad appeared and brought Gordon Godfrey to Granny. He explained Godfrey had been chosen to be the third minion of Darkseid and that their unholy trinity was now complete with him. They were now ready to prepare for the arrival of their Dark Lord and the coming war.
Zack Snyder's Justice League Main article: DeSaad (DC Extended Universe) DeSaad appears in the 2021 film, Zack Snyder's Justice League , where he is portrayed by Peter Guinness . He was originally intended to appear in the theaterical cut where he would be introduced as one of the Apokoliptian Priests, but he ended up being cut from the film.
Gallery Desaad in The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians .
Desaad in Superman: The Animated Series .
Desaad in Justice League .
Desaad in Justice League: War .
DeSaad in Zack Snyder's Justice League.
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